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Carlton scored their highest ‘Night’ game winning margin when they won by 46 points and it was their third consecutive time that they had played Richmond in the opening round of the ‘Night’ Series and their fourth meeting against Richmond, with Carlton winning three of these games.

Tom Carroll scored 6 goals in this match and this was the most goals scored by Carlton player in a ‘Night’ match.

Game Review

Geelong in winning by 25 points inflicted on Carlton their highest ‘Night’ game losing margin, the previous highest had been 15 points by South Melbourne in 1957

Tom Carroll with his 5 goals in this match made his total 11 goals for the series and was the most goals scored by Carlton player in a ‘Night’ series, that surpassed Robert Crowe’s 7 goals from his 2 games in 1956.